Introducing the luxury cruise ship where apartments cost up to $36 million

Tempted by a private, floating residence on board a luxury cruise ship that will travel the globe? If you have between $4.4 million and $36 million to spare, you still have time to invest in a home on Utopia. The ship is three and a half years from launch, although apartments are being snapped up.

David Robb, founder and chairman of the Utopia project (which is behind the luxurious vessel), told Business Insider that many of the largest apartments have already been purchased. It's being built by the same team behind The World, another luxury residential cruise ship.

The Utopia project describes the vessel as the largest private yacht in the world. "We're building Utopia to a 100-year specification, there's nothing like that in the world," Mr Robb added.